diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index ce1add391560c8a92a6119be698156396e192236..98a20028f677aa64bc1a4f8d76196018f2ababb4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -4696,7 +4696,7 @@ (define-public emacs-highlight-indentation
 (define-public emacs-elpy
   (package
     (name "emacs-elpy")
-    (version "1.24.0")
+    (version "1.26.0")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -4705,7 +4705,7 @@ (define-public emacs-elpy
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0rsg8a9nwqfkv0xcs11jzfp10ij7jm0v2ikx19zv2v7awqy0q5wf"))))
+                "0wynzp5xmrgiggmam82n6lfaiqmfl4n3ccpsgnh86r6pbsmssxjk"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:include (cons* "^elpy/[^/]+\\.py$" "^snippets\\/" %default-include)